Mt 24:42-51
[Jesus said to his disciples,] 42“Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. 44So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
45“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.47Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 48But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour 51and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
Reflection:
Stay awake. Be aware of every moment that passes by. It is sad when life goes on and you are not aware of it. Your kids grow up before you know it. Your wife gets older before you notice her. Your parents die before you can thank them. You are young only once. Your energy may be gone before you spend it. Life may pass by and catch you loafing around.
“Carpe diem,” they say in Latin. Seize the day! Live your life. Be in it. Stay awake. Be aware of everything that happens in your life. You may never pass this way again. Opportunities may not come again. You only live once!
Put your watch aside this weekend and live
not by the time but with the people you encounter.